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What Happens to Pregnant Teens in Foster Care?
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What Happens When Kids in Foster Care Turn 18?
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5 FREE Things To Do While You’re Home
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15 Things You Should Know Before Fostering
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7 Ways to Give Back to the Community
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Fostering in the Military System
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Myths About Adoption & Foster Care
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10 Students Selected for Foster Love's 2023 Family Fellowship Scholarship Program
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Empowering Futures: A Shopping Spree for College Foster Youth
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May 24, 2023, 12:34 p.m.How To Become a Foster Parent - The 5 Step Guide
ResourcesUnlock the Possibilities of Becoming a Foster Parent
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July 28, 2022, 1:33 p.m.FAQ for Disney Days 2023
Uncategorized Disney Days ResourcesTo help answer your questions here is the FAQ for Disney Days 2023! Q. How Did Disney Days Start? A. 10 years ago our founder Danny decided to take some kids in foster care to Disneyland for his birthday. Rather than accepting gifts, his friends helped him fundraise and donate towards the first unofficial Disney Days. Q.…
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May 24, 2022, 3:09 p.m.Five Things Foster Parents Should Know About Safeguarding Kids’ Digital Safety
ResourcesFoster youth are more vulnerable to digital crime in a number of ways. They face a different set of challenges compared to other children, which means their personal information may be more likely to be compromised online, and are at higher risk of falling victim to identity theft. Additionally, foster youth often move around a…
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May 11, 2022, 9:26 p.m.Five Things Foster Youth Should Know About Digital Safety
ResourcesChildren have always been attractive targets of digital thieves. They have clean, typically unmonitored credit reports that offer criminals ample time to cause substantial damage to the child’s credit. Often, this fraud goes unnoticed until the victim reaches adulthood and applies for their first credit card, job, home, or anything else that might require a…
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April 6, 2022, 10:36 p.m.6 Summer Activities for Foster Families
Resources6 Summer Activities for Foster Families We all have fond memories of childhood summers. Hanging out with friends all day long or laughing while doing fun activities with our families. The first day of summer vacation is every kid’s favorite day! Summer activities also provide the perfect opportunity for foster families to bond and make…
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April 6, 2022, 10:08 p.m.4 Ways to Show Appreciation to Foster Moms
Resources4 Ways to Show Appreciation to Foster Moms For many people, Mother’s Day is a special day to celebrate the important women in their lives. There are many foster moms who go above and beyond to provide love and support for every child in their foster home. If you know a foster mom, one of…
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March 31, 2022, 9:45 p.m.5 Benefits of Doing a Team Build with Your Company
Resources Corporate Social Responsibility Philanthropy Team Building5 Benefits of Doing a Team Build with Your Company Having a healthy work environment and a sense of fulfillment is important to people in today’s workforce. Many companies are achieving this by implementing team build events into their workplace culture. And it’s no wonder why, as studies show that when employees feel like their…
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March 29, 2022, 11:03 p.m.7 Reasons Why You Should Do A Virtual Service Activity
Resources Corporate Social Responsibility Philanthropy7 Reasons Why You Should Do A Virtual Service Activity Are you looking for a way to give back to the community but have a busy schedule? Virtual Service Activities are a great and flexible way to make a difference and safely volunteer from anywhere. Foster Love - Together We Rise created a variety of Virtual Service Projects…
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Feb. 16, 2022, 7:32 p.m.Behind The Family Fellowship – Robert and Hope Smith
Resources Philanthropy Family FellowshipLet’s take a look at the biggest supporters of our Family Fellowship scholarship, Robert and Hope Smith. Since 2015, Foster Love - Together We Rise and Fund ll Foundation’s partnership has helped dozens of former foster youth achieve their academic goals through the Family Fellowship scholarship. The founding director and president of the Fund II Foundation, Robert F. Smith,…
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Feb. 5, 2022, 9:39 p.m.5 Reasons Why You Should Foster Teens
Resources5 Reasons Why You Should Foster Teens Teens in foster care often get a bad rap. We can all agree that there is a general misconception when it comes to teens, think of sayings like, “the teenage years,” or “troubled teens.” So when it comes to fostering, many people prefer to start with younger children.…
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Dec. 16, 2021, 10:27 p.m.Tips on Introducing a New Placement to Your Friends and Family
ResourcesMany people wonder how to introduce a new placement to the people in their lives, especially those closest to us, friends, and family. I truly believe the best way is to first start by discussing that you are going to begin receiving placements in the first place, and WHY!?? I think many people miss the…
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Nov. 23, 2021, 11:57 p.m.What is Attachment Trauma in Foster Care?
ResourcesAttachment Trauma in foster care is one of those topics that for some people feels like once you get a family “it should all go away.” Unfortunately, that is unlikely the case especially when you understand how trauma brain works. I am not going to go into all of the specifics of the brain in…
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Sept. 27, 2021, 4:40 p.m.What Happens to Pregnant Teens in Foster Care?
ResourcesThousands of teens find themselves in the foster care system after enduring some sort of trauma. Teen girls in or from unstable homes or communities are more likely to experience teen pregnancy. Inevitably, there are pregnant teens in foster care. But what happens to them and their babies in the system? Teens in Foster Care…
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Sept. 24, 2021, 10:55 p.m.The Harsh Reality Behind Aging Out of Foster Care
ResourcesThe harsh reality behind aging out of foster care is complex. Many hold personal beliefs that foster youth at 18 are adults and should be able to just get out in the world and make a life. We ask you to reflect on your experience after tuning 18. Did your family help you with tuition…
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Sept. 1, 2021, 5:55 p.m.Portland Hairdresser Hosted Free Haircut Event for Kids in Foster Care
Resources PhilanthropyPortland Hairdresser Hosted Free Haircut Event for Kids in Foster Care For kids in foster care, sometimes basic needs are forgotten, one of these needs being haircuts. These needs are not maintained for many reasons, including they are expensive, time consuming, and since the foster care system is so complex, they may be last thing…
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Aug. 14, 2021, 5:07 p.m.Daisy Gonzales Beat the Odds of the Foster Care System
ResourcesDaisy Gonzales Beat the Odds of the Foster Care System The foster care system has a complex relationship with education. “The overall graduation rate for foster youth fell from 64.6 percent in 2019 to 55.3 percent in 2020” As for college, around 3% of former foster kids earn a college degree. These statistics are the…
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Aug. 7, 2021, 4:20 p.m.Brave Abuse-Survivor Shares His Story in Hopes of Justice for Himself and Other Children Experiencing Abuse
ResourcesWhile foster care removes many children from dangerous situations, it can also cause further trauma and danger for them. Abuse in the System is More Common Than You Might Think As many as 28 percent of kids are abused while in the foster care system. However, official statistics may be severely underestimating the problem since…
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Aug. 3, 2021, 1:02 a.m.Why You Should Help Teens in Foster Care
ResourcesWhy You Should Help Teens in Foster Care As kids in foster care grow older, it becomes harder for them to find permanent homes that will provide a loving, nurturing environment for them, Parents tend to avoid fostering and adopting teens for multiple reasons. There is often a fear of trauma and the records of…
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Aug. 1, 2021, 9:46 p.m.What Happens when Foster Care Separates Siblings
Resources Adoption StoriesWhat happens when foster care separates siblings? The bond between siblings is unmatched. While they may pick on each other and poke fun, at the end of the day one of the most valuable relationships a person can have is with their siblings. Think about your siblings growing up, you might not have always gotten…
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